Cotton-press



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OOTTON PRESS.

Patgnted Apr. 29 1884.

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COTTON PRESS.

Patented A r. 29, 1884.

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WILLIAM H. BURGESS, OF RIOHS UARE, NORTH CAROLINA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,915, dated April29, 1884.

Application filed January 23, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BURGESS, of Rich Square, in the county ofN orthampton, and in the State of North Carolina, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cotton-Presses; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part of this specification. l

This invention relates to certain improvements in baling-presses; and itconsists in certain improved combinations and arrangements of the parts,whereby the Work of pressing can be more conveniently and thoroughlyeffected than heretofore. 1

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview ofmy improved press. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectional Viewthereof on the line as wof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a transverse vertical section on the line y of Fig. 1and Fig. 4, a side elevation of a modification of my invention, showinga portion broken away to illustrate the interior of the press.

The letter A indicates two longitudinal sills, which have firmly boltedto them the crosssills A, the whole forming the supportingframe of thepress. The said longitudinal sills are also bolted to the intermediatecrosssills, A The cross-sills A are so arranged as to rest upon thearches of the bolsters or axles, which are provided with wheels, asshown, upon which the press may travel.

To the sills A is attached the box'provided with battens O, to which theend boxing, E, is movably secured by means of the projecting battens F.The said boxing E is provided with suitable slots, F, to allow of theupward motion of the lower follower, G, and the downward motion of theupper follower, H.

The motive power is-applied by means of powerful windlasses K, on thesills A, at either side of the end boxing, together with suitablepulleys, I, attached to the upper and lower followers, the number ofpulleys being determined by the amount of force desired. The saidwindlasses consist of a cylinder and a cone mounted upon the same shaft,the initial pressure being given by the cylinder, and the final rope onevenly and rapidly, while the cone develops the required power to finishthe bale in a perfect manner.v For the purpose of guiding the rope, thecylindrical portion of the Windlass is provided with a right-hand spiralgroove, M, for a single round, in order to start the rope toward theflange, which flange is for the purpose of turning the rope backwardover that already wound on toward the conical part of the Windlass,which portion requires a left-hand groove, and the peculiar shape of thecone develops the pressure required for the second part of the processof baling. Motion is transmitted to the said windlasses by means ofsuitable hand-levers, I, and ratchets and pawls, or any other suit; ablegearing.

The letter 1? indicates a movable partition, which is supported inthebaling-chamber by means of two bearing-pins, whereby a number of smallbales may be pressed at the same time and banded and released at once insuch manner that any desired amount of material may be baled in smallbales with about the samelabor and in the same time as required to pressit into full-sized bales. The said partition is provided with slots 1?,similar to those in the end boxing, to permit the followers to movefreely during the pressing, and atv the upper termination of said slotP" is secured a cutting knife or blade, It, for the purpose of severingany straws or other material, which in filling the boxes might protrudefrom one box into the other. I

Corresponding with the slots in the partition are formed slots in thecross-planks of the upper and lower followers, indicated, respectively,by the letters S and T. The doors U are constructed with battens V and Wand supporting-bars B ,=near the center of the doors, the bars beingfurnished near the end with iron plates 0 having notches D above andbelow toreceive the door-clamps E in order to clamp the door indifferent positions,

according to the nature of the material to be baled.

For pressing cotton, the doors are secured with the battens -V on theSills A, and for. pressing hay the doors are reversed, for the reasonthat it is not necessary to press hay so close as cotton. If the pressis required to work downward altogether, the lower follower is madestationary, and the ends of the timbers projecting, as indicated in Fig.4, to secure the windlasses and to form a heading on the truck. Thebaling-box in this instance is located below and the lint-box above. Thebattens H of the box ends are located with their ends in the sides ofthe lint-box, as before described, and the eccentric levers are placedbelow, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

The sills A may be removably seeuredthat is, fastened with bolts or pinsand keys at the sides of the press for the purpose of transportation; orthe central ties of the press or frame may be extended so as to rest onhigh bolsters of the transporting-trucks.

In some instances, where hillsides abound, it may be required to hingethe sides of the baling-box U in order to render the press lesstop-heavy, as shown in Fig. 4. The sides are held in place bycross-ties, and in perfect line with each other by the vertical endboxing.

The sills A may be retained for the purpose of constituting bearings, orthe timbers of the stationary bed may be further extended, so as to reston the truck as bearings, as shown in Fig. 1&-

The sides of the lint-box in Fig. 1 may be hinged to the bottom of thesills A, and during the transportation may be swung upward and securedone to the other across the load, the box end and doors being taken downand packed on the sills A.

The operation of my improved press is as follows: The press is filledwith material and the follower is placed upon it. The ropes are attachedat each end of the press to the windlasses, beginning at the right-handguidinggrooves, the levers causing the windlasses to revolve, windingthe rope on the drum, with the coils working to the flange, which, whenreached, turns the coils of the ropesbackward until the coils havereached the starting-part of the windlasses. \Vhen this pointis reached,and the resistance of the material has increased so as to requiregreater power, the coils run on the conical pulleys, by which the poweris increased, as required, toward the end of the baling operation. \Vhenthe rope has filled the grooves of the conical pulleys,the bale will besufficiently pressed.

The bales are banded and removed in the usual manner.

I claim- 1. In abaling-press,the combination,with the reversible sidedoors provided with projecting and recessed battens, of the slotted endboxing, adapted to be removably secured to the side doors and to thelint-box below the sills, for the purpose of holding the lint-box andpress-box in perfect line with each other,substantially as described.

' 2. In a baling-press, the combination, with the sides of thebaliiigbox, of the lint-box, provided with battens having recesses, andthe end boxing having projecting battens which fit into said recesses,substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the longitudinal sills, the intermediatecross-sills, and the eccentric levers with the end boxing slotted topand bottom, and projecting battens provided with recesses, and thelint-chamber having battens and recesses adapted to receive theprojecting battens, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, in a baling-press, of the vertical movablepartitions extending across the baling-chamber, and provided withvertical slats, and a cutter whereby a series of independent bales maybe formed, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, in a baling-press, of a windlass having acylindrical and cone-shaped portion provided with right and left handguide-grooves for the purpose of guiding the ropes more evenly andregulating the speed and power of thejpress, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, in a baling-press, oi'a lint-chamber located belowthe sills, with a pressing-box having doors above the sills forpermitting the box to be conveniently filled and the bales to bearranged and handled, as set forth.

'7. The combination, in a baling-press, of a lint-chamber below thesills, a pressiugchamber above the sills, and an upper and lowerfollower, and mechanism for operating the same, substantially asspecified.

8. The combination, in a baling-press, of a movable partition with upperand lower followers,and mechanism for operating the same, whereby anumber of bales may be pressed at the same time, substantially asspecified.

9. The combination, in a baling-press, of a lint-box below the sills, apressing-box above the sills, and provided with reversible sides, andthe removable end boxing slotted top and bottom, and having projectingbattens which have bearings in the projecting battens on the side of thelint-box, and also provided with movable cross-ties for holding thesides firmly together, substantially as described.

10. The combination, in a baling-press, of the movable doors, providedwith battens at their ends, and crossbeams and ties, whereby thebaling-box may be inverted, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in I presence of two witnessesthis 1st day of J anuary, 1883.

WILLIAM H. BURGESS. Vitnesses:

J. J. MCCARTHY, WILLIAM D. ALEXANDER.

